What i find amazing is the seeming lack of knowledge of prior history.
1. Number of filibusters by Democrats during 4 years of Trump= 314
2. Number of Republican filibusters during 8 years of Obama = 175
3. Who eliminated the filibuster for judicial nominations? Democrat Harry Reid
4. How many Trump nominated Supreme Court Justices were approved with less than 60 votes because Reid eliminated the filibuster? Three
5. Who delivered a fiery defense of the filibuster in the Senate, saying its elimination would destroy the republic? None other than Sen Charles Schumer during the Trump years.
6. Two weeks ago, while decrying filibusters, Schumer used one to kill a Republican bill.
Speaking of the filibuster and the “voting rights bills” killed by the filibuster. The New York State Legislature just announced their redrawing of Congressional districts. Even Newsday, our local left of center newspaper, said this was gerrymandering at its worst. The goal was to eliminate 4 of the 8 seats currently held by Republicans.
Two examples:
The new CD3 runs thru 5 towns, 5 counties, 3 cities all of which are divided by a large body of water ( the Long Island Sound ).
The new CD11, Nadler’s district, runs from the Upper West Side of Manhattan all the way down to the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn.
So, what it comes down to is that your view on filibusters and voting rights depends on which party is in power